Boy Treated At Hospital After Shooting In Fort Smith

A 17-year-old Hispanic male was arrested after Fort Smith police responded to a shooting on Yorkshire Drive on Friday afternoon.

A 15-year-old Hispanic male arrived at Sparks Regional Medical Center with a bullet graze wound to the head shortly after police responded to a possible shooting near the 4600 block of Yorkshire Drive at around 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sgt. Daniel Grubbs said.

The boy’s injuries were not life-threatening and he was released later in the day. No weapon was found at the scene of the shooting, Grubbs said. Authorities are not sure if the shooting was gang-related.

“I’m not sure they’re being real forthcoming with us,” Grubbs said.

The two juvenile males who drove the 15-year-old to the hospital were on probation and have been arrested, Grubbs said.

“At this time we don’t even know if the victim may be a suspect,” Grubbs said.

The three juveniles allegedly spotted a man walking around the neighborhood and followed him to an apartment complex, Grubbs said.

When they knocked on the door of an apartment, a 17-year-old male answered. The 17-year-old was not the person the three juveniles were following and the group exchanged words, Grubbs said. The three juvenile males returned to their car, and that’s when the 17-year-old allegedly opened fire and shot five to six times toward them, grazing the 15-year-old in the head.

The 17-year-old was arrested in the 3900 block of Bradley Drive, about half a mile away from where the shooting took place, under suspicion of first-degree battery and two counts of aggravated assault, Grubbs said. The three juveniles all identified the 17-year-old.

All of the parties involved in the shooting are juveniles and their names have not been released.